People who don't know jack shit about video games shouldn't talk about who or what is ruining them. Video games have been intensely political for AGES. Crammed

People who don't know jack shit about video games shouldn't talk about who or what is ruining them. Video games have been intensely political for AGES. Crammed full of warmongering nationalism, sexism, racism, moralizing and speculative fiction on various topics, including social issues. Don't believe me? Off the top of my head, here's a list of recent AAA titles that all have significant political & social themes (usually related to warfare, but not always): Call of Duty (all of them) Spec Ops: The Line Shadow Complex Battlefield (all of them) Mass Effect (all of them) Metal Gear (all of them - hoo boy are all these games crammed with politics and moralizing and social topics) Splinter Cell (all of them after the original; in particular Blacklist and Double Agent) Syndicate Deus Ex (all of them) Hitman: Absolution and Hitman: Blood Money Assassin's Creed (all of them) Max Payne 3 Basically all the GTA games Remember Me Red Dead Redemption Nier If I expand the filter to indie games there are hundreds more. Most importantly, these games are not a monolith: The worldviews and opinions displayed in them vary wildly, some of them are judgemental and others aren't. Some of them strictly ground their political/social topics inside fantasy worlds, while others ground them in worlds that very closely resemble the real world. Some use broken, flawed characters as a glimpse into real issues while other games position 'just' and noble characters in opposition to the forces of people who are politically or socially Evil.